Help with Wiki Formatting

Here is a quick summary of the basic text entry rules.
Click on the button at the bottom of any editable page to see the source of that page (this page is not editable).
Use WikiSandbox to practice.

Paragraph

1. Add a blank line, then

2. type your text

3. when you get over on the right hand side of the text area just keep typing.

Or if you wish do entry linebreaks with <Return>, that's ok too.

When the browser displays the text, it will fill the lines and break them on

the nearest word boundary until a blank line is reached.

Line Break

You can force a single line break
like this with two closing brackets "))".

Rule

Four or more "-" (hyphens) on a line will generate a horizontal rule.

Page reference

With a WikiWord you automatically create a HyperLink reference to another page, the WikiWord if it exists, or a prefixed "?" if it doesn't. (Follow ?-link to create page.)

(!!=H2) Heading level 2

Top heading in text, H1 reserved for page title

(!!!=H3)

Subheading in text.

(!!!!=H4)

Sub-subheading, smallest useful

Lists (start-of-line notation)

• (*)bullet
  • (**) nested bullet level 2, etc.

1. (#) number
   1. (##) nested number level 2, etc.

2. (2.) explicit number version (common in imported text, but note that numbering will then be re-generated as the page is served)

Definition list

(:) level 1

Inline styles

Multiple single quotes are used to display strong text (two quotes '' usually displays as bold) and emphasized text (three quotes ''' usually displays as italic).

URL related

• WikiWord page link

• Internet protocol specified links http://something, mailto:someone (http|ftp|mailto|file|gopher|telnet|news)

• To embed an image, simply enter the full link: (you cannot directly upload images to this server)

Automatically filtered in rendering or saving

• < > and &

• cr cr/lf

Monospaced text

So-called preformatted text can be inserted for special effects:

• Begin a line with one or more <spaces> and the text is assumed to be preformatted.

 This line is preformatted

 and so is this one.

Note that the browser doesn't merge them as before.

because by adding the space the text is,

 again, preformatted.

You might also notice that the font changed from a proportional one to a fixed one but that is a matter determined by the browser and not this server.

Greek Letters

To find out how to use Greek letters in your pages, check the Greek Letters Help

Summary Table

Example	Representation	HTML Tag
* One * Two * Three	One Two Three	<UL>
* One ** A ** B * Two	One A B Two
# One # Two # Three	One Two Three	<OL>
!!!! Heading	Heading	<H4>
!!! Heading	Heading	<H3>
!! Heading	Heading	<H2>
""Sample (two double quotes)	Sample	<BLOCKQUOTE>
''Test'' (two single quotes)	Test	<EM>
'''Test''' (three single quotes)	Test	<STRONG>
-----		<HR>
Text1))Text2	Text1 Text2	<BR>